The Bestselling E-books of 2012 : Jaw-dropping numbers in digital sales

[AncalagonTheBlack]

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/56408-the-e-book-explosion-facts-figures-2012.html

Too many books in above list,a few highlights -

15 Million+ for All Three

*Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One. E.L. James. Vintage

*Fifty Shades Darker: Book Two. E.L. James. Vintage

*Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three. E.L. James. Vintage

One Million+

*Gone Girl: A Novel. Gillian Flynn. Crown

850,000+

*Fifty Shades Trilogy Bundle. E.L. James. Vintage

*Bared to You. Sylvia Day. Berkley

500,000+

*The Racketeer. John Grisham. Doubleday

400,000+

*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Book 1 of the Millennium Trilogy. Steig Larsson. Vintage

*A Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

*A Dance with the Dragons. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

11/22/63: A Novel. Stephen King. Scribner (441,152)

200,000+

*A Clash of Kings. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

*A Storm of Swords. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

*Game of Thrones, 4-Copy. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling. Little, Brown (246,301)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Seth Grahame-Smith. Grand Central (244,975)

*A Feast for Crows. George R.R. Martin. Bantam

*Shadow of Night. Deborah Harkness. Viking

*Winter of the World. Ken Follett. Dutton

170,000+

*A Discovery of Witches. Deborah Harkness. Penguin

*Fall of Giants. Ken Follett. Signet

160,000+

The Night Circus. Erin Morgenstern. Anchor

140,000+

Life of Pi. Yann Martel. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (148,272)

*Dark Paces: A Novel. Gillian Flynn. Crown

Mile 81. Stephen King. Scribner (144,492)

125,000+

*Cloud Atlas. David Mitchell. Random House

100,000+

Sharp Objects: A Novel. Gillian Flynn. Crown

The State of Wonder. Ann Patchett. Harper (112,000)

The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Scribner (111,117)

The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel. Stephen King. Scribner (109,783)

*The Sense of an Ending. Julian Barnes. Vintage

*The Tiger’s Wife. Tea Obreht. Random House

90,000+

*Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand. Plume

The Secret Keeper. Kate Morton. Atria (98,262)

*The Twelve. Justin Cronin. Ballantine

*World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. Max Brooks. Crown

80,000+

*The Passage. Justin Cronin. Ballantine

*Outlander. Diane Gabaldon. Bantam/Dell

The Dovekeepers. Alice Hoffman. Scribner (82,909)

Cold Days. Jim Butcher. Roc (82,872)

Room. Emma Donoghue. Little, Brown (80,508)

70,000+

*Bring Up the Bodies. Hilary Mantel. Henry Holt

*The Wolf Gift. Anne Rice. Anchor

60,000+

Under the Dome. Stephen King. Scribner (69,626)

*The Wolf Gift. Anne Rice. Knopf

The Host. Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown (69,072)

*The Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett. Signet

*The Age of Miracles. Karen Walker Thomson. Random House

*Ready Player One. Ernest Cline. Crown

The Princess Bride. William Goldman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (60,515)

50,000+

The Snow Child. Eowyn Ivey. Little, Brown (57,926)

Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury. Simon & Schuster (57,894)

1884. George Orwell. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (55,601)

*Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. John le Carré. Penguin Books

Wicked. Gregory Maguire. Morrow (53,574)

The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (53,128)

*1Q84. Haruki Murakami. Vintage

The Name of the Wind. Patrick Rothfuss. DAW (53,097)

This Is How You Lose Her. Junot Diaz. Riverhead (52,487)

40,000+

The Wise Man's Fear. Patrick Rothfuss. DAW Books (49,731)

Raylan. Elmore Leonard. Morrow (45,693)

The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (45,035)

*The Dog Stars. Peter Heller. Knopf

*A Visit from the Goon Squad. Jennifer Egan. Anchor

The Last Kingdom. Bernard Cornwell. Harper (41,000)

Death of Kings. Bernard Cornwell. Harper (41,000)

Sacre Bleu. Christopher Moore. Morrow (40,714)

*The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams. Del Rey

American Gods. Neil Gaiman. Morrow (40,181)

Telegraph Avenue. Michael Chabon. Harper (40,000)

30,000+

Of Mice and Men. John Steinbeck. Penguin Books (38,243)

*Tricked. Kevin Hearne. Del Rey

Flowers for Algernon. Daniel Keys. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (33,154)

*Swamplandia! Karen Russell. Vintage

Neverwhere. Neil Gaiman. Morrow (31,581)

The Prague Cemetery. Umberto Eco. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (30,121)

25,000+

Soulless. Gail Carriger. Orbit (29,969)

*Star Wars: Darth Plagueis. James Luceno. Lucas Books

*The Road. Cormac McCarthy. Vintage

*Home. Toni Morrison. Vintage

The Sun Also Rises. Ernest Hemingway. Scribner (27,266)

*Hounded. Kevin Hearne. Del Rey

American Gods: 10th Anniversary Edition. Neil Gaiman. Morrow (25,577)

[thistlepong]

Suzanne Collins reaped 12.7 million e-book sales for The Hunger Games Trilogy for just 2012

[red snow]

looks like ebooks are officially a strong market in of themselves now. Strange how Hunger games isn't on the list as I believe the above quote of 12million.

I'm sure EL James can cry into her millions when it comes to people hating her success.

I wonder how many digital copies exist via downloading? I'm sure that boosts ASOIAF if the TV show is anything to go by. Although a quick search suggests it's usually "how to" books/manuals that are the pirates favourite.

[Werthead]

Looking at the percentages is also interesting. Based on a few reports, ebooks have reached 15% market penetration in the USA and about 10-11% in the UK. Quite impressive given they've only really hit the mainstream in the last couple of years, especially here in the UK.

[Lord of Rhinos]

looks like ebooks are officially a strong market in of themselves now. Strange how Hunger games isn't on the list as I believe the above quote of 12million.

There's a link in the article to the their children's list. Hunger Games is on it.

[Narwhal]

What is missing from the children's list is Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Boys. I have trouble fathoming how she could fail to top 25,000 sales.